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- お茶を濁す【おちゃをにごす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to be evasive; to give an evasive answer
- to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate
- to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation
- to make do with
- 噛む☆【かむ】咬む☆・嚙む・嚼む Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to bite; to chew; to gnaw
- to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
- to engage (of cogs, zippers, etc.); to mesh; to fit together
- to be involved in ➜ 一枚噛む
- to fumble one's words (during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words
- to strongly confute; to argue down; to rebuke; to scold harshly - archaism
彼のほえるのはかむのよりひどい。 His bark is worse than his bite.
彼はいま歯が痛むのでよくかむことができない。 He can't chew well, because he has a toothache now.
- 服する☆【ふくする】 Inflection
~する verb (spec.):
- to obey; to submit; to defer; to yield; to abide
- to serve (e.g. in the army, or a sentence in jail (gaol))
- to observe (e.g. mourning) - also pronounced ぶくする
- to drink (tea, medicine, etc.) - also pronounced ぶくする
- 服す【ふくす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb:
- to obey; to submit; to defer; to yield; to abide ➜ 服する
- to serve (e.g. in the army, or a sentence in jail (gaol))
- to observe (e.g. mourning)
- to drink (tea, medicine, etc.)
- 末席を汚す【まっせきをけがす・ばっせきをけがす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to attend a meeting; to have the honor of being present at a meeting; to soil the lowest seat by one's presence [literal] - humble language
- 買い込む☆【かいこむ】買いこむ・買込む Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
- 開く☆【あく】空く☆・明く Inflection
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to open (e.g. doors) - esp. 開く
- to open (e.g. business, etc.) - esp. 開く
- to be empty - esp. 空く
- to be vacant; to be available; to be free - esp. 空く
- to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.) - esp. 明く
- to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.) - esp. 明く
- to come to an end - esp. 明く
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.) - esp. 明く
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events) ➜ 穴が開く
ぐいと押すとドアは開いた。 The door yielded to a strong push.
お宅の店は何時まであいていますか。 How late are you open?
1塁があいていたので打者を歩かせた。 With first base open, he walked the batter.
いつも何曜日なら空いていますか? What day are you usually free?
箱は空いていて中はからだった。 The box was open and empty.
その皮製の上着の両肘部分が擦り減って穴が空いた。 The leather jacket has worn out at the elbows.
- 写メる【しゃメる】 Inflection
ichidan verb:
- to take a photo with a mobile phone - colloquialism
- to email an image or photograph - colloquialism ➜ 写メ【しゃメ】
- 胸のつかえが下りる【むねのつかえがおりる】胸の痞えが下りる・胸の痞が下りる Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to be relieved of a worry; to get a load off one's chest
- 区切る☆【くぎる】句切る Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to mark off; to cut off - esp. 区切る
- to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud) - esp. 句切る
- 真綿で首を絞める【まわたでくびをしめる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to drag things out; to creep up slowly on the point; to strangle (execute) slowly with a silk cord (instead of quickly with a rope) [literal]
- 擦る☆【する】摩る・磨る・擂る Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to file; to frost (glass)
- to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
- 水をさす【みずをさす】水を注す・水を差す Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to pour water (into); to dilute with water
- to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on; to put a damper on; to estrange (people)
- 濁す☆【にごす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- 話し合いがつく【はなしあいがつく】話し合いが付く Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to come to an agreement; to come to a mutual understanding; to come to terms with each other; to reach an arrangement
- 博覧多識【はくらんたしき】
noun / ~の noun:
- erudition and extensive knowledge; widely-read and well-informed - four character idiom
- 言い損なう【いいそこなう】言損なう・言いそこなう Inflection
godan ~う verb / transitive:
- to say incorrectly; to use the wrong words; to make a slip of the tongue
- to forget to say; to miss one's chance to say
- つかまる☆《捕まる・掴まる・捉まる・摑まるold》 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to be caught; to be arrested - usu. 捕まる
- to hold on to; to grasp - usu. 掴まる
- to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
- to be detained by
- 目の色を変える【めのいろをかえる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to be in a tizzy; to be in a frenzy; to have one's eyes light up; to have a different look in one's eyes
- 焼け残る☆【やけのこる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to escape being burned (esp. of a building or the items in it); to survive a fire
- お任せ【おまかせ】御任せ Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- こく《放く》 Inflection
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to let loose (e.g. a fart)
- to utter (e.g. a lie) - vulgar
- to do - vulgar
- 対を成す【ついをなす】対をなす Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to act as an opposite; to form a counterpart; to act as a twin
Kanji
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